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Fabien Joseph Frankel (born 6 April 1994) is a British actor. He currently stars as Ser Criston Cole in the HBO fantasy series House of the Dragon (2022–).

Fabien Frankel
Born	Fabien Joseph Frankel (1994-04-06) 6 April 1994 (age 28) Chelsea, London, England
Education	London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (BA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2017–present
Parent	Mark Frankel (father)

Early life

Frankel was born at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in West London to English actor Mark Frankel and French-Italian advertising executive Caroline Besson.[1] His paternal grandmother was from a Jewish family from Mumbai and Iraq, and his paternal grandfather's family were Jewish emigrants from Poland and Russia to London's East End.[2][3][4] Frankel's father died in a road accident when he was two, while his mother was pregnant with his younger brother Max.[5][6] The two brothers were raised in London by their mother, and spoke French at home.[7] She introduced them to film by taking them to the cinema once a week.[8]

Frankel took a year-long Foundation Course at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) before going on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Acting from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) in 2017.[9][10]

Career

Frankel's career began on stage in the 2017 production of The Knowledge at Charing Cross Theatre.[11] He made his onscreen debut in 2019 in the romantic comedy film Last Christmas.[12] That same year, he was cast as the lead Theo Sipowicz in a pilot for a potential NYPD Blue spin-off series on ABC.[13]

In 2021, Frankel appeared as Dominique Renelleau in the BBC One and Netflix true crime drama The Serpent.[14] As of 2022, he plays Dornish Marcher knight Ser Criston Cole in the 2022 HBO fantasy series House of the Dragon, a prequel to Game of Thrones and adaptation of George R. R. Martin's 2018 fictional history book Fire and Blood.[15] Frankel also starred alongside Greta Bellamacina in the independent romance film Venice at Dawn.[16]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2019	Last Christmas	Fabien
	NYPD Blue	Theo Sipowicz	Pilot
2021	The Serpent	Dominique Renelleau	4 episodes
	An Uncandid Portrait	Gaspar Chevrolet	Episode: "Gone Today. Here Tomorrow."[17]
2022–present	House of the Dragon	Criston Cole	9 episodes
2022	Venice at Dawn	Dixon

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	The Knowledge	Chris	Charing Cross Theatre, London

References

External links

• Fabien Frankel at IMDb
• Fabien Frankel at Curtis Brown
• Fabien Frankel on Instagram

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Fabien Joseph Frankel (* 6. April 1994 in London) ist ein britisch-französischer Schauspieler. Durch die Rolle des Ser Criston Cole aus der Serie House of the Dragon erlangte er internationale Bekanntheit.

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